16 November 2009

Tombstone Tuesday

Dead at 31 after birthing eight babies, moving west by wagon, then living in a pioneer cabin...and the History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties Ohio (Williams Bros 1896--republication 1980) dares say she died from a "feeble consitution." I'm not buying it.

"...Charles Arnold, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Arnold was born September 29, 1788. He married Elizabeth Wolf, daughter of Thomas Wolf, who was born August 29, 1788, and about the year 1818 emigrated, with their small family to the then wilderness of Ohio. The box of the wagon in which they traveled was made their home until a cabin could be built. With good health, but with no capital, other than his hands, with which to gain a living for himself and family, he entered upon the hardships and privations of a pioneer's life, under which the feeble constitution of his wife sank until she died, April 2, 1823, leaving behind her eight children, the youngest but fifteen months old. These children were: Jane H., Abraham B., Margaret, Charles, Stephen, Jacob, Harriet, and Victor..."

Hi Vinnie,My Great-Grandfather,Elmond Arnold was born in west Virginia 1867,they left sometime in the 1870's early 80's.His father was Simon Peter Arnold,born Harrison County W.V. 1843,married a Hatfield.His dad William Johnson Arnold,born 1815,Barbour Co.W.V.,married a Davis.His father,Simon Arnold,maried a Webb.If anything looks interesting let me know!The woman in my family are always suprising me and delighting me with their independance and courage.I really like your blog,I need to work on mine more,not enough hours in the day!

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All the ancestors posted on this blog belong to us all. Hacienda Circle lives. It is a place of our present with Jack & Roxanne there now, and it is a window into our past.

We are true American mutts -- a mixture from England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, and Germany.

Our DNA will, no doubt, reveal more counties of origin. I'll be adding information about this as I gather and understand it. but we already have two 37 marker matches (one with a Frank M. Cresap -- no surprise there!).

4. I did our mitochondrial DNA back through Mom, Pi, and our direct female line back. This line is also included in a family finder project at https://www.familytreedna.com/. This works by comparing our autosomal DNA to that of other people who have taken the test through FamilyTree. Our relationship with a match is calculated based on sharing linked segments of DNA. Although any two people from the same population may have some of their DNA in common, as a matching segment of DNA becomes longer and we share more segments, it becomes more likely that the sharing is due to a recent common ancestor than a chance match. Thus far we have five people who we are probably 4th cousins with, but we haven't figured out the exact connection.